Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpai, who plays the lead role in Chandraprakash Dwivedi's Pinjar, has asked his name to be withdrawn from nomination for the forthcoming Screen Awards.

"Manoj has been nominated the Best Supporting Actor for the Screen Awards. He is very upset that he was nominated in this category when he actually plays the lead role," Manoj Bjapai's secretary Triparthi told IANS, explaining the actor's action.

Manoj is currently in the US and requested his secretary to write to the editor of cine magazine Screen, Bhavna Somaiya, to withdraw his nomination.

Manoj Bajpai had in 2001 won the Screen award for best villian for his role in "Aks".